CVE-2024-6045
D-Link router - Hidden Backdoor
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- twcert
Description
Certain models of D-Link wireless routers contain an undisclosed factory testing backdoor. Unauthenticated attackers on the local area network can force the device to enable Telnet service by accessing a specific URL and can log in by using the administrator credentials obtained from analyzing the firmware.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| twcertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.3% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.01
- affected earlier – < 1.10.02
- affected earlier – < 1.10.02
- affected earlier – < 1.10.02
- affected earlier – < 1.10.02
- affected earlier – < 1.10.02
- affected earlier – < 1.20.01
- affected earlier – < 1.20.01
What to do
Solution: Please update firmware of following models to 1.10.01 or later version： G403, G415, G416, M18, R03, R04, R12, R18 Please update firmware of following models to 1.10.02 or later version： E30, M30, M32, M60, R32 Please update firmware of following models to 1.20.01 or later version： E15, R15
References (3)
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-7879-da630-1.html (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.twcert.org.tw/en/cp-139-7880-629f5-2.html (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- https://supportannouncement.us.dlink.com/security/publication.aspx?name=SAP10398 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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